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South Korean pickpockets becoming bolder, more violent
On the morning of April 6, a policeman who tried to halt and question a suspicious-looking group of men loitering near the escalator in Tokyo's Nishi Nippori station was attacked with irritant spray. Twenty seven people in the vicinity were treated for burning eyes and sore throats.
"We sneaked into Japan by ship the end of last year," Shin Pyong-kon, who was detained at the scene, is quoted. "We brought the spray irritant from South Korea to protect ourselves."
Shin, age 38, was charged with assault and other crimes. He refused to reveal the names of his confederates or admit to acts of pickpocketing, which, reports the Sankei Shimbun (May 1), began to be committed by Korean nationals from around the beginning of the Heisei era (1989). "As South Korea beefed up penalties, they began leaving Korea and coming here, where they targeted Japanese, who are in the habit of carrying around large amounts of cash," explains a source in the National Police Agency.
In June 2004, one of a team of pickpockets from South Korea was shot by a policemen while resisting arrest in Denenchofu, Ota Ward, and the number of incidents temporarily declined. The total reported incidents of pickpocketing in 2005, around 15,500, marked a decline of about 3,800 from the previous year. But Koreans were involved in 941 incidents in 2005, a year on-increase of 327. Most of these incidents took place in Tokyo, Osaka and other major cities and did not involve acts of violence.
This year, however, incidents involving Koreans appear to be on the increase and are conspicuous for their violence. Irritant spray was also used to make getaways in separate incidents at Ichigawa and Shinjuku subway stations.
According to the Sankei, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police have identified two separate pickpocket groups, one originating from Seoul and the other based in Pusan. Both target mainly middle-aged and elderly women, with the aim of grabbing not only cash but identity cards, from which they attempt to determine their victims' PIN numbers. Escalators afford the teams, numbering from four to as many as 10, with the opportunity to strike and make a quick getaway.
The Seoul groups are said to often include men and women working as a team. They usually lurk around department stores and large supermarkets. The Pusan groups prefers rail stations, and usually includes a "bodyguard" — often a practitioner of taekwondo or else armed with a kitchen knife — whose task is to physically protect the person entrusted with lifting the victim's wallet or handbag and to assist in making the getaway.
Shin, the man arrested on April 6, is believed to be one such bodyguard and part of a Pusan-based group. He was arrested in Osaka on similar charges in 2002, and deported to South Korea.
An MPD spokesperson voiced concerns that the pickpocket groups might resort to even more extreme measures. To combat the influx, the MPD is expediting plans to augment patrols, while working to plug the smugglers' routes into Japan.
May 3, 2006
Japan Today Discussion
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| Oh pooh |  |
Beelzebub   (May 9 2006 - 23:36) | Rate | Report |
| Plural Poo | |
| bssipler (May 10 2006 - 02:35) | Rate | Report |
Park's people playful!
Park's people in Pokyo ponder if Pokyo not Promised Land, when prosecutor and probation officer provide portage to prison!
(Park probably perceive pick-pocketers most promising Promised Land now Peking....?)
| South Korean pickpockets becoming bolder, more violent | |
| ivyinacircle (May 10 2006 - 04:05) | Rate | Report |
Thus Japanese think that Korean by nature are problem. Aged people said that Be careful for Chinese and Don't be involved in Korean!
| It is a lot of trouble to go to to just be a | |
| bssipler (May 10 2006 - 08:27) | Rate | Report |
| Pant-pant | |
| Beelzebub (May 10 2006 - 09:41) | Rate | Report |
| South Korean pickpockets becoming bolder, more violent | |
| chucky3176 (May 12 2006 - 11:30) | Rate | Report |
So who were the other 14,559 pick pocketers?
I wouldn't be surprised if the Japanese say they're all bad foreigners like the Chinese, Canadians, Nigerian, Timbucktoonese, anyone other then the pure good law abiding Japanese.
| higekisan | |
| chucky3176 (May 12 2006 - 11:39) | Rate | Report |
Good question. I think the answer lies in the media of the two countries. One is xenophobic and racist, the other one is not. You can guess which is one is which, I'll leave that up to you.
What you will never read nor hear in Japanese media, crime rate by Koreans in Japan is far lower then crimes committed by Japanese.
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| Peeping_Tom (May 13 2006 - 04:27) | Rate | Report |
Yes indeed. Japanese are expected to commit the vast majority of crimes in their own country. Does he fact that one pisses in his own lawn gives you, a foreigner the right to do likewise? Now, please do us all a favour and post the crime rate for Japanese in Korea if you don't mind. Pickpockets, rapists and murderers. Am I asking too much?
| One thing to say | |
| snoopy3 (May 13 2006 - 19:50) | Rate | Report |
| That's true chucky3176 | |
| judew (May 14 2006 - 01:09) | Rate | Report |
I think the truth is kept secret in many countries. There are more Japanese committing crimes in Japan than foreigners in Japan, there are more Americans committing crimes in America than foreigners, there are more French committing crimes in France than foreigners, ....
Wow! Is there a pattern or what?
| It's weird that... | |
| dalgiya (May 14 2006 - 10:10) | Rate | Report |
on the other hand, every single korean who committed crime in japan makes one. o_o;why?
| Big tough Kimigano.. | |
| Simon (May 15 2006 - 13:27) | Rate | Report |
Yes, of course you do Kimigano. Now you be careful not to point that at anyone.
| Pow! | |
| Beelzebub (May 17 2006 - 21:46) | Rate | Report |
| Funny | |
| roy_jones_lives_4ever (May 19 2006 - 12:02) | Rate | Report |
Typical Korean hypocrisy
| Koreans deserve criticism | |
| roy_jones_lives_4ever (May 19 2006 - 12:05) | Rate | Report |
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